Amber Torres is an Illustrator from Boston, MA with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Communication from Hamilton College.

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Amber has become a trusted voice in the city's grassroots art and media scene through her past lectures, panels, art exhibitions and interviews with guests such as Dr. Cornel West, neo-soul duo Oshun, Representative Liz Miranda and countless other local artists, activists and entrepreneurs.

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Amber strives to increase access to the arts for disadvantaged communities through her outreach work and arts programming, both online and at local schools / community centers. She is currently the Youth Programs Coordinator at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts.

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AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS  

EXHIBITIONS, LECTURES & PANELS

• Boston Arts Academy, 2008-2012 

• Fashion Institute of Technology Summer Studios, 2008, 2010

• The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, 2012

• Putney School Summer Arts Intensive, 2011

• Art Students League of New York, 2011-present

• The Museum of Fine Arts, 2017

• Mass Art Saturday Studios, 2007

• Finalist, 2020 Public Space Invitiational in collaboration with the NIghtingale Community Garden and Dorchester Art Project, sponsored by TD Bank, The Trustees, New Urban Mechanics and the City of Boston

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• Nominee, Boston Music Awards, Best Podcast Hoodgrown Aesthetic

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• Levitt Center Social Innovation Fellowship, Hamilton College, 2016

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• Emerson Collaborative Research Grant, Washington D.C, 2015​

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• Congressional Art Competition, District Rep for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Capitol, 2012

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• Panelist, Reporting on the Arts in Boston, hosted by The Whitest Cube and PRX Podcast Garage, Boston 2018

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• Panelist, The Changing Landscape of Media Coverage of the Arts, moderated by WBUR's Maria Garcia, Boston Art Book Fair 2019

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• Panelist, Podcasting your net, The Next Edition conference hosted by the Daily Free Press at Boston University, 2019

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• Lecturer, Lecture for Professor William Marx Art Criticism course, Boston University, 2019

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• Panelist, Reporting on the Arts in Boston, hosted by he Whitest Cube and PRX Podcast Garage, Boston 2018

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• Co-Curator, Innercity Circle: an Intergenerational show of Boston based artists, Strand Theater Gallery & Scollay Square Gallery at Boston City Hall, in collaboration with Mfalme Kenyatta and the Dorchester Art Project, City of Boston Opportunity Fund Grant, 2019

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• Co-Curator, Urban Gala, Urbano Project, Aug 2014

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• Co-Curator, Hoods of Boston funded by Hamilton College Kirkland Endowment, Z Gallery, Boston, 2013

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